at times all that’s left
is a retreat into sports
not relevant
at all
but as primal as ancient Rome
in wired arenas
when teams coloured in
screaming adoration
or dismay
become an Australian Blue Heeler
of collective heat
outstretched
pulling centrifugally
against your impulse to say
Stop!
in which there is no
enough is
no safe place under the bleachers
to watch it play out
until thumbs are
outstretched
David Trudel © 2013
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Sports redux
at times all that’s left
is a retreat into sports
not relevant
at all
but as primal as ancient Rome
in wired arenas
when teams coloured in
screaming adoration
or dismay
become an Australian Blue Heeler
of collective heat
outstretched
pulling centrifugally
against your impulse to say
Stop!
in which there is no
enough is
no safe place under the bleachers
to watch it play out
until thumbs are
outstretched
David Trudel © 2013
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